Gay Marriage and Marijuana Dataset

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mmFEB2015.csv

Description

These data come from a 2015 Vox article examined the relationship between gay marriage and legal marijuana use in US states.

Variables

• state: state name
• marriage: whether gay marriage was legal in Feb 2015
• mgmethod: method by which gay marriage became legal
• mgyear: year in which gay marriage was legalized
• marijuana: whether marijuana use was legal in Feb 2015
• mjtype: type of legal marijuana use (none if illegal)
• mjmethod: method by which use marijuana was legalized
• mjyear: yearn which marijuana use was legalized
• region: census region of the state

## Observations: 50
## Variables: 9
## $ state     <fct> Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colora…
## $ marriage  <fct> yes, yes, yes, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, no, yes, y…
## $ mgmethod  <fct> court, court, court, , court, court, court, legislativ…
## $ mgyear    <int> 2015, 2014, 2014, NA, 2008, 2014, 2008, 2013, 2015, NA…
## $ marijuana <fct> no, yes, yes, no, yes, yes, yes, yes, no, no, yes, no,…
## $ mjtype    <fct> none, recreational, medical, none, medical, recreation…
## $ mjmethod  <fct> , vote, vote, , vote, vote, legislative, legislative, …
## $ mjyear    <int> NA, 1988, 2010, NA, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2011, NA, NA, 20…
## $ region    <fct> south, west, west, south, west, west, northeast, south…

References

Lopez, G. (2015, February 12). States where you can get high at a same-sex wedding, in one chart. [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com/2014/11/7/7169501/same-sex-marriage-marijuana-legalization-midterm-election-2014

Bump, P. (2014, November 5). This Venn diagram shows where you can both smoke weed and get a same-sex marriage. [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/11/05/this-venn-diagram-shows-where-you-can-both-smoke-weed-and-get-a-same-sex-marriage